Guyana | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source
Guyana | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 94.94926703
1961 95.99499848
1962 96.78793507
1963 97.3105255
1964 97.60533875
1965 97.76689378
1966 97.83957094
1967 97.82037751
1968 97.68432863
1969 97.43082656
1970 97.09125552
1971 96.22551212
1972 94.80553256
1973 93.17871947
1974 91.33065925
1975 89.29923196
1976 87.11699882
1977 84.85201021
1978 82.58181218
1979 80.38655072
1980 78.3203046
1981 76.00399277
1982 73.47800576
1983 71.17008912
1984 69.09093378
1985 67.24282149
1986 65.6259239
1987 64.23300867
1988 63.07370898
1989 62.1692149
1990 61.50319589
1991 60.90880432
1992 60.48992848
1993 60.30734465
1994 60.20387061
1995 60.21022718
1996 60.32448932
1997 60.52311812
1998 60.77161046
1999 61.02069112
2000 61.22159718
2001 61.32013624
2002 61.26597467
2003 60.79790417
2004 59.90532679
2005 58.81539279
2006 57.44284684
2007 55.86840526
2008 54.27328595
2009 52.69310585
2010 51.15930002
2011 49.71244172
2012 48.39970738
2013 47.50523917
2014 46.98202249
2015 46.54516692
2016 46.20337347
2017 45.96337468
2018 44.63476739
2019 44.02465135
2020 44.36295721
2021 44.09034346
2022 43.94811558

Guyana | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source